"Another thing is that while Japan fighting "for her fein the. Far East, that. would be i sullable mo-mani for Germany to come to a dear with Russia, whereby in exchange for Russian "non-interference in the Balkans, Russia would be given a free hand ju the Paeffie, just at the moment when Japan would not be in position to do anything to prevent hier picking tip some more un consider. ed trilles, such a§ ports open to the sea even' in. winter, could not help feeling amazed on feading how the Fascist press was warning America that if she sent any of her ships to Ireland Japan Would consider it a casus belli, Tt seems strange fo the onlooker that Japa Germany: that she would fea for sending, ships {0 far-off Ire-Jand, when not' even Germar sidered it necessary to join with Italy against Greece.
"1 do not think that there is any likelihood of Russia coming into the war. She does not want to, and T see no reason-why she should. She is building up her army, learning from her mistakes. in fighting Pin= land, Besides, Germany, by her methods, Is very kindly making Po: land, Czechoslovakia and, in fact, all the occupied territories' more suitable ground for the growth of Bolshevism than ever before, because, all said and done, if you take away' the property of a whole nation, and tel) them that they are an inferior slave race, and treat them as badly as Germany treats her occupied territories, these people are likely to get into a slate of mind when they fect that being under Russia could not be called a slave race and would, at all events, be no worse off than the rest of the population of Russi
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